Improvement in ornamental advertising mediums



PATENT GEEICE.

JACKSON OGDEN BELKNAP, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN ORNAMENTAL ADVERTISING MEDIUMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,799, dated July 11, 1871.

iron and glass pavilion, inside of which are placed` business-advertising show-cards, highly ornamental, either printed or painted in any style, thus combining ornament and utility in the production of a most attractive public ornament and advertising medium.

FIRST PLATE- A, No. 1, is a receiver of the desired size and shape. No. 2 is a tube projecting from the lower end. A iian ge or collar is put upon the tube a little below the bottom of the receiver. No. 3 is four or lmore tapering tubes inserted into the under part ofthe receiver, having an oblique or curved form bearing downward and slightly outward. No. 4 is a round hollow box or wheel (water-tight) larger at the bottom than the top, with an opening through it and any number of oblique flanges upon it, reaching from the top to the bottom, gently curving. rlhis wheel, which can have either a ilat or rounding bottom, is slipped upon the tube of the receiver l with the small end up, and another iiange or collar put upon the tube suiiiciently far below the upper one to allow the hanged-wheel 4 to iit loosely and have some play up and down. No. 5 is a circular basin, made sufh'ciently deep and wide to contain the iian ged wheel, which is also put upon the receiver-tube, a hole being'made in the center of the bottom of this basin exactly large enough to allow the tube to be inserted through and permanently soldered water-tight, and, having room for free action in the basin, the wheel can revolve. Permanently attached to the top part of the wheel 4 are one or more wire outriggers projecting horizontally far enough to clear the side of the basin 5 then, curving, descend vertically under water far enough to clear the bottom of No. 6, which is a cone-shaped cover to conceal from view the wheel 4 and the basin 5 containing it; then again horizontally underwater in the main fountain-basin as far as may be required, to the ends of which are attached miniature boats, swans, and other devices, iloating. The cone-shaped cover 6 rests upon the top of the receiver 1, projecting a little below the surface of the water, but leaving room for the outriggers to revolve under water freely. The lower end of the tube 2, attached to the receiver 1, has a screw-coupling upon it to fit another upon the supply-pipe in the mainlfountain-basin, which, when connected and the water turned on, will pass up into the receiver 1 and through the tubes downward obliquely with great force upon the iianges on the circular wheel, filling the basin containing it, and causing it to revolve rapidly with power, carrying the wire outriggers around with it, and, consequently, propelling the boats, swans, or other devices which may be attached to the ends of the outriggers. These outriggers may be stayed by smallwire running from the end of one to the other, thus connecting them all together. rEhe boats, swans, Ste., are iirmly attached to the ends of the outriggers by means of small sockets fastened upon the bottoms of each, into which the Outrigger is projected, which prevents them from upsetting or getting loose 5 consequently they keep their course around the basin at whateverspeed the force of the waterpressure may give. The wire outriggers may be made to move either under or above the water. A circular track may be made around the extreme margin of the fountain-basin, upon which wheel-vehicles, cars, velocipedes, tc., may be made to move around by being attached to the wire outriggers. Into the top of the receiver l, and above the top of the cone-cover 6, may be attached, by screw-coupling or otherwise, another tube which projects up into another basin, similar to the lower one described, which has the same sort of receiver and curved tubes projecting from it; also, the flanged wheel described, except that the tubes from the receiver and the'iianges upon the hollow wheel are reversed, so that when in motion by the force of the water which passes from the lower basin, the boats, &c., in the upper main basin will move in a reverse course from those in the lowerbasin. Other basins may also be placed above this with the same propellingmachine, and devices of various sorts propelled in each according to the force of the water obtained to propel them; finally, the water reaches the top of the work through jets. The water which is in the main basins, after being forced through the apparatus described, does not overiiow those basins, but passes from the topmost one down to the others. through overiiow-pipes of scroll shape, which also serve to sustain and steady the basins, one above 'the other, on the outer edge of each basin, or down the center alongside the receiving-tube. The propellingmachine I propose to attach to any ordinary fountain, it being quite simple in construction, and can be made of tin, copper, brass, or sheet-iron at a small expense. The small basin, which contains the hollow anged Wheel, can be dispensed with, if necessary, and put the wheel upon the receiver-tube in the large main basin, Where it will oat and revolve in the same manner as described.

SECOND PLATE-B is a pavilion which covers the fountain, and is completely inclosed with glass in all its openings, except a small door to allow access for a person to keep the fountain in order when necessary, the spectators viewing from the outside of the pavilion through the glass openings. The pavilion may be built of wood, or iron and glass, of any style of architecture desired, the panels and recesses 'of which will receive ornamental printed or painted advertising showcards, combining decoration and utility; the boats and panels also to have business-cards upon them; all of which will be seen by night as Well as by day, the pavilion to be illuminated with gas or other lights. Public drinking-founts will also be attached to the outside of the pavilion for public use.

What I claim as novel, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The prop elling-machine represented by Figs. l, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, for fountains, substantially as above specified.

2. The propelling-machine herein described, in combination with an inclosed fountain to form an ornamental advertiser, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

J. O. BELKNAP.

Witnesses:

JNO. B. KURTZ, W. T. NoBLEs. 

